I tend to spend more time educating family members about safe browsing/social networking habits opposed to scaring them away from the internet. Are there a lot of bad scary things out there? Yes. Is there a legitimate use for social networking. Yes.
2009/3/25 Nathan Sweaney <[email protected]>: > "I won't let <wife's name> use it." > > wow, that's a loaded sentence.... > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adsquaired > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Pauldotcom] No Facebook for the family. > > It all started when I received a friend request from my mother. Helloooo.. > I effectively got my sister and mother to cancel their Facebook accounts > with this email. hehehe. > > "I don't like that you guys are on Facebook. > > I won't let <wife's name> use it. Remember anything you post is there > forever. People can use anything you post to obtain information about you > and your family. It can also be used by spammers and other malicious users > to solicit you and trick you into clicking links that can possibly steal > your identity. > > When I use it I ignore all the silly requests sent by users and keep my > posts to a minimum. I only signed up to connect with people from high > school. Besides, I know how to use the Internet (no offense) and have tools > in place to protect my computers. ;) > > <mom>, why do you need this? > > Ok that's my .02 cents." > > > > ad^2 > > Avoid the Gates of Hell. Use Linux > -- unknown source > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
